Reliability & Continuous Improvement Specialist

Secora; Shire Of East Pilbara; On-site; AUD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Secora is seeking a Business Improvement Specialist to join an on-site team at a Pilbara mining operation, applying hypothesis-driven analysis to identify where value is leaking and to design a path to resolution. You will own workstreams and translate insight into action with the support of Secora’s team, delivering measurable outcomes.

You will work within a mature data environment, collaborate with frontline crews and site leadership, and contribute to a programme focused on improving

Qualifications

• Experience in business improvement, CI, or analytical roles with demonstrable cost or productivity outcomes.
• Competence working with SAP or ERP systems for data extraction and analysis.
• Strong problem-solving capability with a structured, evidence-driven approach.

Responsibilities

• Apply structured, hypothesis-driven analysis to identify root causes of cost overruns, downtime, and performance variability across assigned workstreams.
• Work within the SAP data environment to extract, interrogate, and interpret maintenance and cost data, turning data into insight, not just reports.
• Develop prioritised, costed improvement roadmaps that distinguish between quick cash returns and longer-term change requirements.
• Design and implement practical solutions that can be embedded by site teams, not just documented and filed.
• Facilitate workshops, observations, and improvement sessions with frontline crews, supervisors, and site leadership.
• Prepare clear, concise analysis and reporting for Secora and client stakeholders at all levels.
• Collaborate closely with the broader Secora on-site team across parallel initiative streams.
• Track initiative progress and report on outcomes, benefits realised, and performance metrics.

Skills

Business improvement

Data analysis

SAP

On-site operations

Job description

Mining Operations — Pilbara, Western Australia

Location: Pilbara, Western Australia

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract – 3Months Initially

Roster: 8 days on / 6 days off

Preferred Location: Western Australia

About Secora

Secora is a leading asset management improvement andimplementation company, specialising in productivity enhancement and changeacross complex, asset-intensive industries including mining, resources, energygeneration, and defence. We work alongside operational teams to translatereliability, standardised work, and continuous improvement principles intopractical, measurable outcomes that improve safety, availability, andproductivity.

The Opportunity

Secora has been engaged to lead a Business ImprovementProgramme running across multiple initiative streams simultaneously, spanningthe full maintenance value chain. The problems are well-evidenced, the dataenvironment is mature, and the work is time-critical. This is the job: go intoa data-rich Pilbara mining operation, apply structured hypothesis-drivenanalysis to identify where value is leaking and why, design the path toresolution, put a number on it, and fix the problem.

We are seeking a Business Improvement Specialist tojoin our on-site team and contribute directly to this programme. You will notbe working alone, a supportive Secora team is on the ground, but you will beexpected to own your workstreams, operate with analytical rigour, and translateinsight into action quickly.

The Work

Our client is a large-scale Pilbara mining operationwith a mature data environment and a strong foundation of improvement activityalready underway. The focus now is on converting that activity into structured,evidence-based outcomes.

Areas of focus include:

• Understanding and reducing reactive maintenancethrough structured root cause analysis and targeted improvement.
• Identifying and reducing non-core cost torelease value currently sitting outside the managed cost base.
• Improving the rigour and evidence base behindsustaining capital allocation decisions.
• Strengthening shutdown and maintenance scopecontrol to reduce unbudgeted cost and hours.
• Prioritising and actioning a backlog ofimprovement opportunities, determining what returns value quickly, whatrequires deeper change, and building a credible roadmap to get there.

The parallel workstreams are deliberate, the operationcannot afford to queue these problems sequentially. Secora's team structuremeans multiple fronts can progress without creating bottlenecks at handoffpoints.

What You'll Do

• Apply structured, hypothesis-driven analysis toidentify root causes of cost overruns, downtime, and performance variabilityacross assigned workstreams.
• Work within the SAP data environment to extract,interrogate, and interpret maintenance and cost data, turning data intoinsight, not just reports.
• Develop prioritised, costed improvement roadmapsthat distinguish between quick cash returns and longer-term changerequirements.
• Design and implement practical solutions thatcan be embedded by site teams, not just documented and filed.
• Facilitate workshops, observations, andimprovement sessions with frontline crews, supervisors, and site leadership.
• Prepare clear, concise analysis and reportingfor Secora and client stakeholders at all levels.
• Collaborate closely with the broader Secoraon-site team across parallel initiative streams.
• Track initiative progress and report onoutcomes, benefits realised, and performance metrics.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrated experience in business improvement,operational excellence, or management consulting roles within mining or heavyindustry.
• Strong analytical capability, comfortableworking with large, complex datasets and able to derive clear, evidence-basedconclusions.
• Proven ability to translate improvementframeworks and analytical findings into practical, site-ready solutions withdollar values attached.
• Exposure to maintenance value chain concepts, workorder quality, backlog management, materials, shutdown scope control, ornon-core cost reduction.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills,with the ability to influence and engage from operators through to seniorleadership.
• High-quality written communication and reportingcapability.
• Willingness and ability to work on site on an8/6 roster in the Pilbara.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Mining or resources industry experience, operations,maintenance, or management consulting context.
• Experience in business improvement, CI, oranalytical roles with demonstrable cost or productivity outcomes.
• Competence working with SAP or equivalent ERPsystems for data extraction and analysis.
• Strong problem-solving capability with astructured, evidence-driven approach.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreamssimultaneously without losing rigour or pace.
• Exposure to reliability tools, RCA, Paretoanalysis, failure mode analysis.
• Experience developing or implementingmaintenance strategies or cost reduction programmes.
• Background in management consulting, operationalimprovement, or turnaround environments.
• Experience working directly with frontline crewsand supervisors in operational settings.

Key Attributes for Success

• Analytical rigour with a practical,delivery-focused mindset, comfortable going from raw data to boardroom-readyrecommendation.
• Pace. This is not a slow-burn engagement. Thebusiness needs results quickly and the team is structured to move.
• Strong site presence and the credibility toengage meaningfully with operations and maintenance crews.
• Ability to build trust quickly in remote andhigh-pressure environments.
• Comfortable challenging existing practicesconstructively and backing conclusions with evidence.
• Focused on achieving measurable, sustainableperformance improvements.